Atheists Are Hardly Vilified These Days

How Atheism Can Make the World Better By Tearing Down Religious Irrationality | | AlterNet: "Few groups are as vilified as atheists. They tend to be viewed as party poopers bent on dismantling the cherished beliefs of 'people of faith.'"

An erroneous sentence. In fact atheism in its most public garb is acting as religion does, seeking to organize and become a brand.

Jesus qualifies as the original, iconoclastic religion-basher.  Atheists are right to challenge the orthodox, creedal distortion of Jesus.

When it comes to final things, though, neither Christians nor atheists know any more than Hamlet or Jesus did. Which is why people like Peirce are so important. To bring benign iconoclasm to the fore and say a gentle pox on all your houses.

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